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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-56",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/226",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/56",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "The transitional element – initial amount and adjustment where other elements increase",
  "text": "(1) The initial amount of the transitional element is—\n(a) if the indicative UC amount is greater than nil, the amount by which the total legacy amount exceeds the indicative UC amount; or\n(b) if the indicative UC amount is nil, the total legacy amount plus any amount by which the income which fell to be deducted in accordance with Article 13(3) of the Order exceeded the maximum amount.\n(2) The amount of the transitional element to be included in the calculation of an award is—\n(a) for the first assessment period, the initial amount;\n(b) for the second assessment period, the initial amount reduced by the sum of any relevant increases in that assessment period;\n(c) for the third and each subsequent assessment period, the amount that was included for the previous assessment period reduced by the sum of any relevant increases (as in sub-paragraph (b)).\n(3) If the amount of the transitional element is reduced to nil in any assessment period, a transitional element is not to apply in the calculation of the award for any subsequent assessment period.\n(4) A “relevant increase” is , subject to paragraphs (5), (5A) and (5B), an increase in any of the amounts that are included in the maximum amount under Articles 14 to 17 of the Order (including any of those amounts that is included for the first time , or included again following a change of circumstances), apart from the childcare costs element.\n(5) In cases where the LCW is replaced by the LCWRA element, the “relevant increase” is to be treated as the difference between the amounts of those elements.\n(5A) There is to be no “relevant increase” with respect to the inclusion of a housing costs element in a case where the claimant was entitled to an award of housing benefit in respect of specified accommodation or temporary accommodation within the month ending with the first day of the assessment period in which the housing costs element is included.\n(5B) In an assessment period where—\n(a) the carer element has been replaced by the LCW element or the LCWRA element, or\n(b) the LCW element or the LCWRA element has been replaced by the carer element,\nthe “relevant increase” is to be treated as the net increase (if any) produced by deducting the amount of the element which is being removed from the amount of the element replacing it.\n(6) In this regulation “carer element”, “housing costs element”... ... and “LCWRA element” have the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Universal Credit Regulations.”\n(7) In this regulation, “LCW element” has the same meaning as in regulation 28 of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by regulation 2(3) of the Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 added (24.7.2019) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/152), regs. 1(2), 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56(4) inserted (1.8.2022) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/194), regs. 1(1), 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56(4) substituted (30.10.2026) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/177), regs. 1(1), 9(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56(4) inserted (1.6.2025) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/3), regs. 1(4), 6(8)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 56(5)(6) inserted (1.8.2022) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/194), regs. 1(1), 10(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 56(5A) inserted (1.6.2025) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/3), regs. 1(4), 6(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 56(5B) inserted (30.10.2026) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/177), regs. 1(1), 9(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56(6) inserted (30.10.2026) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/177), regs. 1(1), 9(2)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56(6) inserted (1.6.2025) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/3), regs. 1(4), 6(8)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56(6) omitted (30.10.2026) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/177), regs. 1(1), 9(2)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Reg. 56(7) inserted (30.10.2026) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/177), regs. 1(1), 9(2)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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